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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room);
- Example: "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
[syn: hearth, fireside]

2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace;
- Example: "driven from hearth and home"
- Example: "fighting in defense of their firesides"
[syn: hearth, fireside]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fireside \Fire"side`\, n. A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fireside n 1: an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire" [syn: hearth, fireside] 2: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides" [syn: hearth, fireside]